Tag: Altcoins
An altcoin refers to any cryptocurrency that is not Bitcoin. It usually refers to a collection of cryptocurrencies and tokens.
A Single-Day Spotlight on Interoperability
On April 13, 2026, Santiment’s daily “These Coins Lead the Way” report crowned Polkadot ($DOT) #1 in social media discussions across platforms. The trigger? News of a vulnerability in Hyperbridge’s Ethereum Token Gateway contract. An attacker forged a cross-chain message, replayed Merkle Mountain Range (MMR) proofs, and briefly seized admin rights over the bridged DOT token on Ethereum. They...
WLFI Threatens Lawsuit Against Justin Sun as Token Blacklist Dispute Turns Public
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Public escalation: WLFI issued a “see you in court” threat against Justin Sun on April 12, 2026, following his allegations of a hidden backdoor blacklist in the WLFI token contract.
Freeze details: Sun’s wallet holding 595 million WLFI tokens was frozen in September 2025 after a $9 million transfer; the position has since fallen from over $100 million to approximately $43.45 million.
Decentralization critique: Sun denounced the...
DeFi Dev Activity Just Ranked Its New Top 10—Why INJ, AAVE & LINK Are Pulling Ahead
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On April 6, 2026, Santiment dropped a fresh leaderboard that cut through the noise: Chainlink ($LINK) still sits at #1 in DeFi development activity, DeepBook ($DEEP) holds steady at #2, and Lido DAO ($LDO), Aave ($AAVE), and Injective ($INJ) are climbing with clear upward arrows.
While price action grabs headlines, this metric—built on filtered GitHub events—reveals who is actually shipping code. In a low-volatility environment where...
Shiny Coins #12 – ZEC’s 55% Blast Ignites AI & Privacy Coins in Extreme Fear
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While the Fear & Greed Index sits at a grim 14 (Extreme Fear), a handful of coins are refusing to bleed with the crowd and are printing serious moves this week.
Market Snapshot & Why This Week Matters
BTC is holding at $72,617 with a solid +8.52% over 7 days and dominance steady at 59.1%. Total crypto market cap sits at $2.46T, up roughly 1.6% in the last 24 hours after a choppy week that saw selective green amid broader...
Shiny Coins #11 – Extreme Fear, But Memes, Privacy & AI Keep Pumping
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In this week’s Shiny Coins #11 (April 4, 2026), the crypto market sits at $2.31T with Bitcoin dominance holding at 58.1% and the Fear & Greed Index stuck at a grim 11 (Extreme Fear). While macro tensions linger, selective rotation is alive: Memecore (M) explodes on a game-changing hardfork, Hyperliquid (HYPE) flexes its perp dominance, Zcash (ZEC) rides the privacy revival, and Bittensor (TAO) gets Grayscale ETF buzz. We rank the 10...






